Adventures With Harvey

Poland… flying solo Leaving Patrick, Scooby and Milka at Kernavėland for the second time was just as hard as the first!  They had made your author feel just so welcome and again we parted company not just as friends, but really feeling like part of their family.  Travelling on one's own was never supposed be part of this adventure, however it was necessary for the lovely Mrs Woodfield to spend some time back in New Zealand looking after her Mother who hasn’t been well.  So after dropping her at the airport in Vilnius a further 6 days were spent in Kernavė before it was time to do some driving on my own and forge a path West into another new country – yes, Poland was next on the list! There were a couple of potential routes however the slightly longer of them was of much more interest so after crossing the border (all of which are open within the EU, it’s just a big lot of dilapidated buildings where border control used to be) I headed west towards Gdansk.  Howeve...

We love Lithuania! Of all the countries we’ve visited so far, Lithuania comfortably qualifies as the one we previously knew the least about, however we think you’re also going to love our story of this wonderful country and its people.  You’re also going to have a laugh when you hear about the Republic of Užupis a bit later, so please read on... Klaipeda is a port town on the Baltic Coast which we arrived into late in the afternoon.  We had already chosen a place to stay which was the car park of a large indoor sports arena not too far from the centre of town.  Often with these smaller places, a visit to the CBD in the late afternoon/early evening is all that’s needed, so clad in scarves and hats, off we went to explore.  One of the main landmarks of Klaipeda is the Meridianus sailing ship which these days is permanently tied up in the main river through town and is a restaurant.  A couple of the cities here in Lithuania have big milestone birthdays coming u...